COVID-19 Sees More Online Grocers Accept EBT SNAP Payments For Food
Online grocers are increasingly allowing underprivileged consumers to use EBT payments (the modern equivalent of food stamps) at a time when the pandemic has made going to the store too risky for many shoppers. The latest such move came from Instacart and ALDI, which announced they would allow customers to pay for same-day delivery or pick up food orders using their EBT SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) cards. Instacart said it would be rolling out the pilot program at more than 60 ALDI locations in Georgia, with plans to expand that to more than 570 stores in Illinois, California, Florida and Pennsylvania in the coming months. But because the EBT program (funded by the U.S. ’t cover the purchase of things such as paper products, toiletries or alcohol, shoes customers will have the ability to choose from EBT SNAP-qualified items and also decide the amount of EBT benefits they want to apply toward items in their cart. This data has been written with GSA Conte nt Gener ator DEMO!
The move by the two companies is just the latest initiative in a growing trend of EBT acceptance for online grocery shoppers. Such moves had been going on long before COVID-19, but the pandemic added new urgency as more and more Americans moved to shop for groceries online. At the same time, health concerns continue to be a major worry for two-thirds of shoppers surveyed by PYMNTS. They felt going to the store put them at risk of catching COVID-19. It also comes at a time when COVID has prompted four times as many people to buy groceries online than did pre-pandemic. But while all of that means providing digital SNAP benefits is on the rise, the issue isn’t really new. The government first began investigating the prospect of allowing SNAP recipients to pay for their groceries online four years ago. Amazon announced in May that it had won USDA approval to expand its pilot SNAP online-shopping program to 25 states. Since then, the program has grown even further, and today Amazon accepts SNAP EBT in all states except Alaska, Arkansas, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine and Montana. However, the sites that do take EBT offer free delivery with a minimum order size and no Amazon Prime membership. Walmart has had some form of online EBT acceptance for more than a year, with customers ordering food online and showing their EBT cards in-store to pick up groceries. But in addition to that option, Walmart announced in April that it was working with the USDA to offer contactless-payment SNAP online purchasing in eight states. It's not just grocery-delivery firms that are involved in online EBT acceptance. In May, global payments processor and FinTech Fiserv announced it was also taking part in the USDA’s pilot program. This con te nt was w ritten with the help of GSA Conte nt Gener ator Demoversion!
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